Windows 10 Announced - Released 29-Jul-2015

yes righy!

 

That's good. Same here. Your CSM (Compatibility Support Module) is Enabled and it is allowing you to boot Legacy OS even though you have Secure Boot enabled in the UEFI firmware. If you were booting Win8 in UEFI Secure Boot mode (you aren't) then you would disable CSM and non Secure Boot OS wouldn't boot.

Ideally, you should Disable Secure Boot as you aren't using it. But it doesn't really matter as the CSM is over-riding it.

 

Can't download them with a local account. I'm just trying to do some software testing on a virtual machine. I don't want to use a Microsoft account for this. Still finding this build of Windows 10 to be too rough to use. I hope they come up with something better soon.

 

I was concerned at first. But it is not a big deal at all. Use your Gmail, Yahoo, Yandex, etc email address and create a new password for your Microsoft account. You can change back to your Local account any time you like.

 

It's mostly about the fact that I have 2 Microsoft accounts already. I don't want this thing syncing settings with my other machines and I don't want a third account to keep track of. It's all just a hassle.

 

Neowin has some screenshots from a new build that has new desktop icons, I have to say they look like they were designed by a child

http://www.neowin.net/news/windows-10-build-10009-images-leak-online-shows-new-icon-updates

 

Well I hope that this is a prank. OTOH Microsoft might release this build on April 1st .
I sure hope this doesn't get to final release.

 

I had a feeling when Windows 10 was announced that Microsoft would get their own back on the users that hated Windows 8's looks by making the desktop, apps & icons look like metro, sadly they really seem to be going down that road.

 

The general consensus is that those new icons are on the fugly side. But the reality is that user FaiKee is generally quite credible. So if those icons come out next build, hopefully enough users voice their opinions.

 

Windows 10 & Cortana - In-depth tour and message

Is this the future? We've got a long, thorough review of the Windows 10 Preview Build 9926 AI search assistant Halo-game-universe-inspired Cortana, covering initial setup and online account integration, settings, text and voice command search including math and strong language tests, quality of voice recognition, weather, news, notebook, and reminders applets, Bing searches, privacy settings, microphone settings, visual inconsistencies and problems with design, usage considerations, other considerations, alternatives, and more. Enjoy.

http://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/windows-10-cortana.html


Cheers,
Mrk

 

Running Windows 10 preview, very nice. So far very stable.

 

Windows 10 started out at what looked like a decent OS.
If you go on the Windows 10 forum you will see the opposite.

I'm afraid that future Microsoft OSes will just get worse, if that's possible.
Long live Windows 7.
I know Windows 10 is still in beta but that does not mean that Microsoft is going
to do the right thing for the Desktop PC users.
IMHO they have become an advertising mill and no longer care about
business application or their users.

 

Well the first part of your post (and the title) was a bit harsh, but of course you wanted to grab our attention.

...but the last part about business applications and their users actually makes a lot of sense. Actually, I completely agree...

 

Now that I didn't expect...

 

Smart move.
Mrk

 

Windows 10 to give passwords the finger and dangle dongles

 

Windows 10 & network share access denied - Solution

I've written a tutorial explaining how to resolve the issue of denied access to network shares on Windows 10 Preview Build 9926 by adding a new registry key for insecure guest authorization. Have fun.

http://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/windows-10-network-share-access.html


Cheers,
Mrk

 

I would prefer the equation type naming system i.e. Windows 50(-40).

Regards Eck

 

hi
thanks for the link
i tried it , but looks sluggish and more slow then w8.1

i hate cortana! it did not work once at least for me

 

hi
there are some new screenshots about w10 on neowin homepage , the icons are really so ugly like Windows ME !!